the lovely bones

i finished this book last night. my latest night-read. lovely book! :)

THE LOVELY BONES

On her way home from school on a snowy December day in 1973, 14-year-old Susie Salmon ("like the fish") is lured into a makeshift underground den in a cornfield and brutally raped and murdered, the latest victim of a serial killer--the man she knew as her neighbor, Mr. Harvey.

Alice Sebold's haunting and heartbreaking debut novel, The Lovely Bones, unfolds from heaven, where "life is a perpetual yesterday" and where Susie narrates and keeps watch over her grieving family and friends, as well as her brazen killer and the sad detective working on her case. As Sebold fashions it, everyone has his or her own version of heaven. Susie's resembles the athletic fields and landscape of a suburban high school: a heaven of her "simplest dreams," where "there were no teachers.... We never had to go inside except for art class.... The boys did not pinch our backsides or tell us we smelled; our textbooks were Seventeen and Glamour and Vogue." 

The Lovely Bones works as an odd yet affecting coming-of-age story. Susie struggles to accept her death while still clinging to the lost world of the living, following her family's dramas over the years like an episode of My So-Called Afterlife. Her family disintegrates in their grief: her father becomes determined to find her killer, her mother withdraws, her little brother Buckley attempts to make sense of the new hole in his family, and her younger sister Lindsey moves through the milestone events of her teenage and young adult years with Susie riding spiritual shotgun. Random acts and missed opportunities run throughout the book--Susie recalls her sole kiss with a boy on Earth as "like an accident--a beautiful gasoline rainbow."

Though sentimental at times, The Lovely Bones is a moving exploration of loss and mourning that ultimately puts its faith in the living and that is made even more powerful by a cast of convincing characters. Sebold orchestrates a big finish, and though things tend to wrap up a little too well for everyone in the end, one can only imagine (or hope) that heaven is indeed a place filled with such happy endings.

(source: amazon.com) 

it was out in the cinemas last month but it was showed only in selected cinemas. i didn't get a chance to watch it. the book is really amazing. something different. should have watched it! damn! :(

xoxo

itsy bitsy spider..

THURSDAY

is the beginning of MY WEEKEND :)

ok no.maybe not this week. i've gotta go and order my materials tomorrow since they are closed for something, stock check or so. so here i am, on a thursday morning, at the faculty minding my own business doing my daily routine - blogging, facebooking, twittering, cam-whoring..well you get the idea right?  i couldn't sleep in today, my stomach was rumbling. must've been the late dinner last night. 

anyways i got up wee early in the morning without the use of my alarm. i peeked at the lab and found that neither of my fellow lab mates are in, yet. and so, i stationed myself in this cold room - the computer lab (since i've no proper table for myself here in the faculty just yet, this is my room).

so, i decided to clean up my bag. wanna take a peek? :)

mcm bersepah giler kan?

making myself feel at home :)

lab coat

the notebook!

lunch box! :P and green tea 

(terlupa bawak botol air today)

walaupun tak bawa car, 
car keys must bring along.

and the trusty pendrive :)

room keys must bring!

sanitizer is a must!

bacteria-free hands :)

pencil box ku!

since my degree years.

so faded already kan?

me :)

ok.that is all.

bye! :)

xoxo

wednesday

while waiting for the MOMENT, 

to calm my nerves, i opted for cam-whoring! :)

randomness :)

one can never have too many crocs ey? 

hehehe

mng large hobo in white :)

inside this container, are the essential and basic tools 

i currently need to use while carrying out my research.

1. rubber gloves
2. penyepit
3. Stanum cubes (Sn)
4. white stickers for labelling
5. mini zip plastic bags

these are basically what i have in this mini box.

the box comes in handy as well.

ok. my day will get better.

I promise! :)

xoxo

the horror!

WEDNESDAY

do u know what that means to me?

DENTIST'S APPOINTMENT!!

*the horror!!*

ok.so here's the story. do you remember those days when the dentists will come for a visit at your school? well without fail, every year for 6 years, i had something wrong with my teeth. there was always a filling (is that the term for tampal?) to be done. i personally don't think there was anything wrong with my gigi and i really don't think i had that much holes going on around in my gigi either.  

they successfully tampal every gigi gerham in my mulut.

i was young and didn't know what was going on.. :(

anyways, since then, i've always feared the dentists and never did go to one. tapi sangat bercita-cita tinggi nak pakai braces ok? haha. well, its just that everytime i think of them, it brings back horrible memories of my gigi getting drilled. it aint that much fun ya know.... pfft!

and so, after 12 years, i stumbled upon a little problem which needed me to go see a dentist (pfft!!) i had a hole in my tooth (due to the disappearing act of the fill-er) and it was chipped later on (due to me eating pringles..wtf??). it didn't hurt, but to be on the safe side, i had to go see the dentist. 

and now.. my gigi is back to normal - normal being dah kena tampal, but currently with a temporary filler. i have to come back again for a permanent one (i have no idea why this is as such, im no expert) and the best part is, 

i've got another gigi to tampal on my next visit.  

wth?? 

i think i am cursed with dentists.

i can NEVER escape a visit 

without my gigi kene tampal.

*groans*

i have absolutely nice gigi ok?

pfft!

next visit: MONDAY

*the horror!!*

xoxo

green with envy

it was only a month ago that i got these babies

and now look at what has happened to them.

yes. i bet you are wondering why are they a bit slanted to the side eh?

i have no idea.

maybe its because they aren't so stable just yet in their new home?

adapting maybe?

or just imitating the leaning tower of pisa?

hehehe :)

now this is a different story all togather.

i have NO IDEA why.

i changed its home.

fed it water.

put it out under the sun for during the day.

yet, it is.. dying. 

:(

it has ONLY been a month! 

 *sulk*

xoxo